Irene Aldana to Make Octagon Debut Against Leslie Smith at UFC on Fox 22

The promotion’s Spanish branch recently announced the bantamweight
pairing. UFC on Fox 22 takes place at the Golden 1 Center in
Sacramento, Calif., and is headlined by a strawweight showdown
pitting Paige
VanZant against Michelle
Waterson.

A native of Guadalajara, Mexico, Aldana is 7-2 as a professional,
with all of her victories coming inside the distance. The
28-year-old went 4-1 during her Invicta FC stint, coming up short
against Tonya
Evinger in a bid for bantamweight gold in July 2015. Aldana
enters her debut on the strength of back-to-back first-round TKO
triumphs over Faith Van
Duin and Jessamyn
Duke.

Smith, meanwhile, last appeared at UFC 198, where she suffered a
first-round TKO defeat to Cristiane
Justino in a 140-pound catch-weight affair. Smith is 2-3 in the
Octagon, with wins against Rin Nakai and
Duke.